I'm still thinking about how the technology of blogging reverses the writing and thinking processes of codex texts, and in effect rewires our brains. To whit: since my blog narrative appears in reverse order, with my first thoughts of the night appearing far down the queue, I've been reverse-thinking, that is thinking in such a way that my freshest thought comes last, and gets blogged last. It's a tough, counter-intuitive job, trained as I am to think in a linear fashion, with my point or punchline appearing at the end of the phrase or paragraph.
I suppose I could blog it all out on paper first, or using a word-processing program, and then enter it in reverse order. But then that wouldn't be true blogging. Which would make me feel guilty. SEE ENTRY BELOW (which was composed before this one, though your codexed mind will trick you into thinking it was composed after...see what I mean?)
Posted by jeb at September 2, 2004 12:56 AM | TrackBack